I love the old-school cut-downs like Behlert did, and Cylinder and Slide still does. Also the Seventrees ASP, and the others that paved the way for the S & W Chief's Special versions of the action that started with the Model 39.

Behlert was a pioneer. Seecamp too, had one of the tiny .25s, still think about a ,32 or .380.

I had an ODI Viking Combat, which was the production version of the Seecamp 1911 DA/SA conversion. My ODI was all-stainless, Commander-sized, decent fixed sights. Lack of a built-in hammer drop mechanism (to get to DA carry mode) bothered me. Sold it, closest thing I've got currently is a Para P12 LDA. Nice handful, but heavy.

Evidently the Boberg design isn't dead, it's not even as sick as the Rohrbaugh/Remington mash-up. Bond Arms, out of Texas, bought Boberg out and is bringing the pistol back to market (later this year...theoretically) as the Bond Arms Bullpup in 9mm. Bond is a good company, hope all goes well, and they get the 45 running too. That may scratch my itch...for a while.

The post I put up about the Boberg was several years ago. I tried to like the XR45 but in the end I gave up on it. Arne Boberg rushed that design into production so he could leave his wife and the company and start over. I really doubt that Bond will ever bring out the 45.

I went back to the XDs 45 and I think it is a very good IWB carry gun. Shoots accurately, light weight, very manageable recoil, and very reliable and affordable.